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top white house adviser on counterterrori counterterrorism, 4e8d held a small private teleconference to brief adviser who had become frequent commentators on tv news shows. is that an accurate statement? >> yes. >> can you tell me who was involved in that conversation? who was involved in that interview? >> i believe that the people who were on that phone included one of my predecessors, fran townsend, roger cressey, richard clarke, i think these are individuals who served in the government and are counterterrorism professionals. >> any others you can think of? >> i do not remember the others. >> do you have notes from that conversation? >> there are notes, yes, that people took, yes. >> have those been turned over to the justice department? >> the justice department, i voluntarily and eagerly engaged in that -- >> that wasn't the question. have those notes been turned over? >> everything that was available on that has been turned over to the department of justice, absolutely, senator. >> did you turn those notes over? >> my office turned over everything that was available about that
top white house adviser on counterterrori counterterrorism, 4e8d held a small private teleconference to brief adviser who had become frequent commentators on tv news shows. is that an accurate statement? >> yes. >> can you tell me who was involved in that conversation? who was involved in that interview? >> i believe that the people who were on that phone included one of my predecessors, fran townsend, roger cressey, richard clarke, i think these are individuals who served in...
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what that is in some ways is that the reaffirmation, of what in the obama white house was called the light footprint strategy, a strategy moving i way from a focus on these big attritional wars where we send a hundred thousand troops to a country, rewire the nation and after six or seven years discover we haven't done very little other than build recentments there. and more towards the use of america's technological advantage or physical advantage against a smaller group. so there are drone strikes in afghanistan, and in the long run, harmful or helpful. there are cyber strikes of the kind that the book revealed that the united states conducted against iran. and then there's the use of special forces. ultimate light footprint. remember they were in and out of pakistan before the pakistani military even had a chance to respond. >> david in the book you have the chapter, the dark side of the light footprint. you talk about standard that this administration struggled to fashion or new operations including targeted killing. they settled on the notion that a country would have to expressl
what that is in some ways is that the reaffirmation, of what in the obama white house was called the light footprint strategy, a strategy moving i way from a focus on these big attritional wars where we send a hundred thousand troops to a country, rewire the nation and after six or seven years discover we haven't done very little other than build recentments there. and more towards the use of america's technological advantage or physical advantage against a smaller group. so there are drone...
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the best political decision is for the white house to make the decision. and then after the fact they can say obviously what i was for is the thing that looked like the right decision after the decision. that said, i think especially democrats have to be in the position much saying they want congressional approval over this because they can't be in favor of an unchecked white house sending the military and attacking whoever it feels like. >> so right. always easiest just doing nothing at all. sounds like our congress. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. >>> we will, of course, keep you on top of all of the developments and the u.s. response to syria and bring them to you as they happen. up next, something you should know about before you go and grab that big mac today. it starts with something little, like taking a first step. and then another. and another. and if you do it. and your friends do it. and their friends do it... soon we'll be walking our way to awareness, support and an end to alzheimer's disease. and that? that would be big. grab
the best political decision is for the white house to make the decision. and then after the fact they can say obviously what i was for is the thing that looked like the right decision after the decision. that said, i think especially democrats have to be in the position much saying they want congressional approval over this because they can't be in favor of an unchecked white house sending the military and attacking whoever it feels like. >> so right. always easiest just doing nothing at...
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house and obama has nothing to do with it and holder is out here, doing his own thing. even if you believe that. and even if you believe that these scandals are all nonscandals, black panther, fast and furious, benghazi, drones. even if you have no problem with any of them, it's really hard to argue that eric holder has been good for president obama. if you want no drama obama, i don't think this attorney general has the -- sealed the deal. spin tastically dishonest. >> bonus word, spintastically. >> it is not the attorney general's job to make the president look good or bad. >> sure. >> this attorney general on several cases and in several investigations has moved full on ahead and it's been a problem for the white house, and that's fine. washington is so political that everyone wants to score it politically. obviously, there has been a republican war on this attorney general since day one that is of a different character and of a different intensity than we've seen throughout american history. there have been 82 attorneys general in our history. there have only been o
house and obama has nothing to do with it and holder is out here, doing his own thing. even if you believe that. and even if you believe that these scandals are all nonscandals, black panther, fast and furious, benghazi, drones. even if you have no problem with any of them, it's really hard to argue that eric holder has been good for president obama. if you want no drama obama, i don't think this attorney general has the -- sealed the deal. spin tastically dishonest. >> bonus word,...